We have four beautiful chicks - Clara is their mummy and is doing a fantastic job looking after them. You can only see one in this picture - the other three are safely under mum’s wing.Nous avons quatre beaux poussins - Clara est leur maman et elle s’occupe bien d’eux. Vous pouvez voir qu’un dans ce photo - les trois autres sont sous l’aile de leur maman.

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Autumn is here, the September light is glorious, the trees laden with apples and chestnuts. Our ‘potager’ is giving up its final bounty - countless butternut squash, onions, garlic, peppers and chillies - I can feel a delicious veggie curry coming on!With the apples, a luscious Tarte Tatin beckons - crisp, buttery pastry, melt in the mouth apples smothered in caramel - divine!Les Coudreaux is beautiful at this time of year, the tranquility broken only by the occasional sound of tractors as the farmers harvest their corn - winter feed for the all important cows. The log pile is stacked and ready for the wood burners - cosy nights snuggled in front of the fire - bliss!

sadly, not destined for the barbecue but to feed the beautiful Normande cows that produce the wonderful milk, camembert, cream and butter that Normandy is rightly famous for. If you put good stuff in, you get good stuff out!